US7402959B2 - Phase sampling protection device - Google Patents
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Abstract
A phase sampling protection device substantially includes a phase sampling circuit coupled between a tube circuit and a protection circuit. The phase sampling circuit captures a voltage signal and a current phase signal of the tube circuit for comparison, using phase comparing technique to detect an anomaly of the tube, if the tube doesn't function normally, then the phase sampling circuit driving the protection circuit to shut down the power supply of the tube to keep a transformer from burning down and other safety issues from happening.
Description
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a phase sampling protection device, and more particularly, to a phase sampling protection device using phase sampling technique to determine whether the tube functions normally to improve the accuracy in detection.
2. Description of the Prior Art
However, in the above-mentioned detection method, the low-voltage end current of transformer 911 is current Io, which equals to the sum of current Ic1 (generated by high-voltage end capacitor C1), current Ic2 (generated by stray capacitor C2) and current Ic3 (generated by line coupling capacitor C3). The values of Ic1, Ic2, Ic3 will change as the voltage of tube 912 varies, so when tube 912 fails, the voltage of high-voltage end will increase due to no negative impedance effect from tube 912 to pull down the voltage, then Ic1 and Ic3 will also increase (Ic2=0 when tube is open circuit), therefore, the low-voltage end current Io will not drop significantly when tube 912 fails, making it difficult for comparator 922 of detection circuit 92 to determine whether tube 912 functions normally only by detecting the low-voltage end current signal, resulting in failure to drive protection circuit 93 and failure to keep transformer 911 of tube circuit 91 from burn down or other safety issues from happening.
Therefore, the above-mentioned prior art detection method presents several shortcomings to be overcome.
In view of the above-described deficiencies of prior-art tube circuit, after years of constant effort in research, the inventor of this invention has consequently developed and proposed a phase sampling protection device in the present invention.
The present invention is to provide a phase sampling circuit to capture a voltage phase signal and a current phase signal of the tube circuit for comparison, to accurately determine whether the tube functions normally, and then to drive the protection circuit to shut down the power supply of the tube in case of an anomaly to keep the transformer of the tube circuit from burning down or other safety issues from happening.
The present invention provides a phase sampling protection device, which comprises a tube circuit, a phase sampling circuit and a protection circuit, wherein the phase sampling circuit having an input for capturing a voltage phase signal and a current phase signal of tube circuit, and an output coupled with the protection circuit, therefore the phase sampling circuit coupling between the tube circuit and the protection circuit; the phase sampling circuit using phase comparing technique to compare the voltage phase signal and the current phase signal to accurately determine whether the tube functions normally, if the tube doesn't function normally, then the phase sampling circuit driving the protection circuit to shut down the power supply of the tube to keep the transformer from burning down.
The drawings disclose illustrative embodiments of the present invention which serve to exemplify the various advantages and objects hereof, and are as follows:
Please refer to FIG. 7 , which illustrates a second embodiment of the phase sampling circuit in the present invention. While the principle of operation and the structure is mostly the same as those of FIG. 6 , it is different in that a DC rectifying module 23 is placed between phase comparing module 21 and phase determining module 22. DC rectifying module receives the signal from phase comparing module 21 and rectifies it into a DC-level signal, then outputs the DC-level signal to phase determining module 22 for determining whether tube 12 functions normally.
Please refer to FIG. 8 , which illustrates a third embodiment of the phase sampling circuit in the present invention. While the structure of FIG. 8 is the same as that of FIG. 6 , it is slightly different in the principle of operation, wherein each phase comparing module 21 receives a different voltage phase signal and a different current phase signal respectively, then phase comparing module 21 compares the received the voltage phase signal and the received current phase signal respectively to generate a result signal, phase determining module 22 receives the result signal for determining whether tube 12 functions normally.
Please refer to FIG. 9 , which illustrates a fourth embodiment of the phase sampling circuit in the present invention. While the structure of FIG. 9 is the same as that of FIG. 7 , it is slightly different in the principle of operation, wherein each phase comparing module 21 receives a different voltage phase signal and a different current phase signal respectively, then each phase comparing module 21 compares the received the voltage phase signal and the received current phase signal respectively to generate a result signal. DC rectifying module receives the result and rectifies it into a DC-level signal, then outputs the DC-level signal to phase determining module 22 for determining whether tube 12 functions normally.
The present invention provides a phase sampling protection device, which compared with other prior art temperature detection devices, is advantageous in:
The present invention provides a phase sampling circuit to capture a voltage phase signal and a current phase signal of the tube circuit for comparison, to accurately determine whether the tube functions normally, and then to drive the protection circuit to shut down the power supply of the tube in case of an anomaly to keep the transformer of the tube circuit from burning down or other safety issues from happening.
Many changes and modifications in the above described embodiment of the invention can, of course, be carried out without departing from the scope thereof. Accordingly, to promote the progress in science and the useful arts, the invention is disclosed and is intended to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.
Claims (9)
1. A phase sampling protection device comprising:
a tube circuit including a transformer, a resistor, a capacitor and a tube;
a protection circuit for shutting down a power supply of the tube circuit; and
a phase sampling circuit having an input for capturing a voltage phase signal and a current phase signal of the tube circuit and an output coupled with the protection circuit, the phase sampling circuit comparing the voltage phase signal and the current phase signal of the tube circuit to accurately determine whether the tube functions normally, if the tube doesn't function normally, then the phase sampling circuit driving the protection circuit to shut down the power supply of the tube to keep the transformer from burning down.
2. The phase sampling protection device of claim 1 , wherein the input of the phase sampling circuit couples with an output voltage of a secondary side of the transformer and a current of a low-voltage end of the secondary side of the transformer to capture a voltage phase signal and a current phase signal of the secondary side of the transformer for comparison.
3. The phase sampling protection device of claim 1 , wherein the input of the phase sampling circuit couples with an output voltage of a secondary side of the transformer and a feedback current of the tube to capture a voltage phase signal and a current phase signal of the secondary side of the transformer for comparison.
4. The phase sampling protection device of claim 1 , wherein the input of the phase sampling circuit couples with an input voltage of a primary side of the transformer and a current of a low-voltage end of the secondary side of the transformer to capture a voltage phase signal of the primary side of the transformer and a current phase signal of the secondary side of the transformer for comparison.
5. The phase sampling protection device of claim 1 , wherein the input of the phase sampling circuit couples with an input voltage of a primary side of the transformer and a feedback current of the tube to capture a voltage phase signal of the primary side of the transformer and a current phase signal of the secondary side of the transformer for comparison.
6. The phase sampling protection device of claim 1 , wherein the phase sampling circuit comprises at least one phase comparing module and a phase determining module, an output of each phase comparing module coupling with an input of the phase determining module, an output of the phase determining module coupling with the protection circuit; wherein each phase comparing module simultaneously receiving a same voltage phase signal, while receiving a same or a different current phase signal respectively, each phase comparing module comparing the received voltage phase signal and the received current phase signal to generate a result signal, the phase determining module receiving the result signal to determine whether the tube functions normally, if the tube doesn't function normally, then the phase determining module driving the protection circuit to shut down the power supply of the tube.
7. The phase sampling protection device of claim 1 , wherein the phase sampling circuit comprises at least one phase comparing module and a phase determining module, an output of each phase comparing module coupling with an input of the phase determining module, an output of the phase determining module coupling with the protection circuit; wherein each phase comparing module receiving one voltage phase signal and one current phase signal respectively, each phase comparing module comparing the received voltage phase signal and the received current phase signal to generate a result signal, the phase determining module receiving the result signal to determine whether the tube functions normally, if the tube doesn't function normally, then the phase determining module driving the protection circuit to shut down the power supply of the tube.
8. The phase sampling protection device of claim 1 , wherein the phase sampling circuit comprises at least one phase comparing module and DC rectifying module, and a phase determining module, an output of each phase comparing module coupling with an input of each DC rectifying module, an output of each the DC rectifying module coupling with phase determining module, and an output of the phase determining module coupling with the protection circuit; wherein each phase comparing module simultaneously receiving a same voltage phase signal, while receiving a same or a different current phase signal respectively, each phase comparing module comparing the received voltage phase signal and the received current phase signal to generate a result signal, the DC rectifying module receiving the result signal for outputting a DC-level result signal, the phase determining module receiving the DC-level result signal to determine whether the tube functions normally, if the tube doesn't function normally, then the phase determining module driving the protection circuit to shut down the power supply of the tube.
9. The phase sampling protection device of claim 1 , wherein the phase sampling circuit comprises at least one phase comparing module and DC rectifying module, and a phase determining module, an output of each phase comparing module coupling with an input of each DC rectifying module, an output of each the DC rectifying module coupling with phase determining module, and an output of the phase determining module coupling with the protection circuit; wherein each phase comparing module receiving one voltage phase signal and one current phase signal respectively, each phase comparing module comparing the received voltage phase signal and the received current phase signal to generate a result signal, the DC rectifying module receiving the result signal for outputting a DC-level result signal, the phase determining module receiving the DC-level result signal to determine whether the tube functions normally, if the tube doesn't function normally, then the phase determining module driving the protection circuit to shut down the power supply of the tube.
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